Month: July 2013

alwaysinsearchoflight:

Initiation degrees of the Western Mystery Schools (School of Pythagoras, Plato, The Rosicrucian Order and Hermetic Schools) as patterned into the Ten Luminous Attributes of the Infinite Absolute Creator (Ten S’firot):

First Temple Degree (Zelator) = (Birth) = (Malkuth/Kingdom)

Second Temple Degree (Theoricus) = (Baptism/Mikvah Immersion) = (Yesod/Foundation)

Third Temple Degree (Practicus) = (Transfiguration) = (Hod/Glory)

Fourth Temple Degree (Philosophus)= (Crucifixion) = (Netzach/Victory)

Fifth Temple Degree (Adeptus Minor) = (Resurrection) = (Tiferet/Splendor)

Sixth Temple Degree (Adeptus Major) = (Ascension) = (Gevurah/Might)

Seventh Temple Degree (Adeptus Exemptus) = (Boddhisatva) = (Chesed/Mercy)

Eighth Temple Degree (Magistericus Templicated) = (Christhood/Messiahship) = (Binah/Understanding)

Nineth Temple Degree (Magus) = (Godhood/Apotheosis) = (Chochmah)

Tenth Temple Degree (Ipsissimus) = (Planetary Logos or Archetypal S’firot)

Freemasonry, however, expands on these degrees, which includes the 22 Hebrew letters and the hidden s’firah of Daat; building up 33" degrees of Initiation according to the 32 paths of Wisdom + The Hidden Sphere of Daat.

Entered Apprentice = Nefesh
Fellow Craft = Ruach
Master Mason = Neshamah

“Open for me the gates of Righteousness; I will enter them and thank the Eternal One. This is the Gate of the L-rd, and the Righteous one shall enter through it.” ~ Book of Psalms

John 14:2 (Esoteric Explanation):
“In my Father’s house (Temple of Initiation/Lodges/Ashramas) there are many Palaces (in Hebrew, Heichalah, which in the language of the Kabbalah refers to the degrees of the S’firot); if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a Palace for you (as I initiate you into the Mysteries).”

Would You Help An Indie Artist?

I need a show of hands. I am considering whether or not I should enroll the complete edition of My Babylon in the KDP select program. If I do, I can only sell the book on Amazon for the first 90 days.

The only benefit to doing it this way is to get reviews. If I enroll in Select I can give the book away for free for one day, so that people who want to review it can get a copy that is an Amazon verified purchase. But I’m only going to do this if I have enough people promise to give the book an honest review. 

So would you leave a review on Amazon if you got the book for free?

ihavenohonor:

Near Eastern Goddess include clockwise from top left, Lilith, Ishtar a cake mold from Mari (), Inanna, Syrian Qadesh in Hathor head-dress with ‘ithyphallic’ god Min (below inset Hathor, Egypt and Timna and figurine Palestine), Isis nursing Horus, and Canaanite ‘queen of the wild beasts’ (Minet-al-Beida) suggestive of Asherah. For descendents of the so-called ‘Mother Goddess’, motherhood is rare among fertility goddesses. Only Isis has a maternal persona manifesting as nursing Horus. Lilith has an aura of precocious sexuality and fecundity without regard for her offspring, suggestive of maternal ambivalence. She has webbed feet indicating her wild nature. She precedes Inanna. When Gilgamesh cuts down the hulupu tree to establish Inanna’s throne of office, Lilith flies out of it and away. Qadesh is broadly identified with the ‘sacred prostitute’, Ishtar, Hathor, and the Canaanite Queen of Heaven for whom Jeremiah (44:19) notes cakes were also fashioned in Jerusalem.

jameslwilber:

I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of the head of Mimir. It puts Odin firmly in the company of Hermes, Thoth, and other deities that crave knowledge.

It’s why I included Mimir in Of Little Faith. In the story, Odin comes back in the modern age and uses Mimir kind of like his own personal Google.

You can read Of Little Faith for free by signing up for either the James L. Wilber or Scroll of Thoth mailing list. Or download it for free from Kobo.

Picture: Odin’s Secrets, a painting by Sam Flegal depicting Odin communing with the preserved head of Mimir.